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Finding a cure for HIV must be prioritised, said Sharon Lewin of Melbourne’s Monash University, in a keynote address at the opening session of the AIDS 2010 conference. read more »

Significant advances in HIV prevention were unveiled at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, with research advancing on several fronts towards new prevention technologies. Paul Kidd reports. read more »

PAUL KIDD reports that the increasing global trend towards criminalising HIV transmission and exposure was roundly condemned at AIDS 2010. read more »

Reporting back from the AIDS Conference in Vienna, DAVID MENADUE discovers that ‘HIV and ageing’ is a universal issue, that long-term complications may be more prevalent than we thought and that good nutrition really is a good idea. read more »

In what is being called a major breakthrough, a trial of a vaginal microbicide gel in South African women has shown for the first time that such a product can be effective against HIV infection. read more »

The XVIII International AIDS Conference has officially started with an opening session focusing heavily on the need for action on human rights and a call by an Australian researcher for greater focus on the prospect of a cure for HIV. read more »

The role of science and scientific evidence in HIV criminalisation was highlighted in a pre-conference session at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria on 18 July. read more »

While it has long been acknowledged that successful antiretroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. treatment and an undetectable viral loadA measurement of the quantity of HIV RNA in the blood. Viral load blood test results are expressed as the number of copies (of HIV) per milliliter of blood plasma. lowers the risk of passing on HIV, we have little research to support the fact. read more »

The federal government’s sixth national HIV and STI[Sexually Transmissible (or Transmitted) Infection] Infections spread by the transfer of organisms from person to person during sexual contact. Also called venereal disease (VD) (an older public health term) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). strategies have been welcomed for their human rights-based approach to HIV and the law and their focus on an ‘enabling environment’ to bring about positive change. read more »

A number of studies have shown that there is a higher risk of HIV transmission if one or both sex partners have genital ulcers. read more »